DATE: June 19, 2009.

EVENT: The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) will hold a reception followed by a brief invited address and panel discussions to recognize its 60th anniversary as a leader in social science surveys and research. Among ISR?s signature studies are some of the most widely-cited, influential, and long-running surveys in the world, including the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, the Monitoring the Future Study, and the American National Election Study.

ISR is home to the interdisciplinary, graduate-level Program in Survey Methodology, and trains students from around the world in its long-running summer programs in survey sampling and quantitative data analysis. The institute houses the world?s largest archive of digital social science data.

Events that are open to the public and members of the university community include:

? 1:30 p.m. light reception

? 2:30 p.m. Keynote address by Sir Roger Jowell, Director of the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys, City University, London, UK

? 3 p.m. Challenges of an Aging Society—panel discussion

? 4:30 p.m. Future of Social/Behavioral Science Measurement—panel discussion

LOCATION: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington, Ann Arbor.

MORE INFORMATION: For an interactive, multimedia timeline of ISR history, visit the ISR 60th anniversary Web site at www.isr.umich.edu/home/anniversary